Claymore Closing Four of Its 17 ETFs on Deathwatch [View article]
Oops - we we're both wrong. The correct ticker for Claymore U.S.-1 – The Capital Markets Index ETF is UEM. (UBD is their bond ETF - the third one in the list above of funds remaining open).
Chart of the Week: Investment Strategy ETFs [View article]
You are correct, that "strategy" is probably the best one-word description for the examples you have identified. I have always called/classified these as "styles". I tend to look at styles as much more than the Morningstar 9-square style box include what you are calling strategies.
CSFB used to try to place styles/strategies/appr... into 11 "style categories" such as Traditional Value, Earnings Momentum, Price Volatility, etc. It can be debated as to whether these are styles or factors used to define a style.
Claymore Closing Four of Its 17 ETFs on Deathwatch [View article]
Claymore Closing Four of Its 17 ETFs on Deathwatch [View article]
Chart of the Week: Investment Strategy ETFs [View article]
CSFB used to try to place styles/strategies/appr... into 11 "style categories" such as Traditional Value, Earnings Momentum, Price Volatility, etc. It can be debated as to whether these are styles or factors used to define a style.